The first table below looks at the demand for Wireless skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Wireless over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Kent region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless
Rank 70 71 90
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +19
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 17 1 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 1.469% 0.139% 1.129%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.513% 0.581% 5.742%
Number of salaries quoted 15 1 10
Average salary £42,500 £22,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+88.88% -38.35%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,900 £22,500 £24,160
10% offered a salary of more than £65,800 £22,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- -5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
261 172 209
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 22.56% 23.99% 19.66%
Number of salaries quoted 221 160 177
Average salary £40,250 £36,250 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.03% +0.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £24,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £42,500 £51,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Wireless
South East

Wireless
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Wireless across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Kent Wireless Jobs Demand Trend

Wireless
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Wireless across the Kent region.

Kent Wireless Salary Trend

Wireless
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Wireless across the Kent region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Kent Wireless Salary Histogram

Wireless
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the Kent region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Sevenoaks - 6 £42,500 -
Tunbridge Wells +16 4 £73,000 +224.44%
Dartford - 2 £42,500 -
Maidstone - 1 £42,500 -
Tonbridge - 1 £36,000 -
Wireless
South East

Wireless
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region citing Wireless also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Wireless.

1 15 (48.39%) Cisco
1 15 (48.39%) Firewall
2 14 (45.16%) CCNP
2 14 (45.16%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (29.03%) Juniper
4 8 (25.81%) WAN
5 7 (22.58%) LAN
5 7 (22.58%) VPN
5 7 (22.58%) CheckPoint
5 7 (22.58%) F5
6 6 (19.35%) VoIP
6 6 (19.35%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (19.35%) Finance
7 5 (16.13%) Financial Institution
7 5 (16.13%) Load Balancing
7 5 (16.13%) Windows
7 5 (16.13%) Broadband
7 5 (16.13%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (12.90%) Internet
8 4 (12.90%) 802.11
8 4 (12.90%) CCDP
8 4 (12.90%) MS Exchange
8 4 (12.90%) CSS
8 4 (12.90%) Exchange Server 2007
8 4 (12.90%) Security Cleared
8 4 (12.90%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (12.90%) Citrix
8 4 (12.90%) VMware
8 4 (12.90%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (12.90%) Exchange Server 2010

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region citing Wireless also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Wireless. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (12.90%) CSS
2 1 (3.226%) HTML
2 1 (3.226%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 4 (12.90%) MS Exchange
1 4 (12.90%) Exchange Server 2007
1 4 (12.90%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (6.452%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 3 (9.677%) MS Office
2 1 (3.226%) Quicktime
Communications & Networking
1 15 (48.39%) Firewall
2 8 (25.81%) WAN
3 7 (22.58%) LAN
3 7 (22.58%) VPN
4 6 (19.35%) VoIP
4 6 (19.35%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (16.13%) Broadband
6 4 (12.90%) Internet
6 4 (12.90%) 802.11
6 4 (12.90%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (9.677%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (9.677%) VLAN
7 3 (9.677%) Network Security
7 3 (9.677%) TCP/IP
7 3 (9.677%) MPLS
8 2 (6.452%) OSPF
8 2 (6.452%) BGP
8 2 (6.452%) SAN
8 2 (6.452%) EIGRP
8 2 (6.452%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.452%) SQL Server
1 2 (6.452%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (6.452%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (3.226%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (3.226%) Trac
1 1 (3.226%) JIRA
1 1 (3.226%) ClearCase
General
1 6 (19.35%) Finance
2 5 (16.13%) Financial Institution
3 2 (6.452%) Advertising
4 1 (3.226%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.226%) Billing
Job Titles
1 13 (41.94%) Network Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) Systems Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) Support Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) Sales Manager
3 3 (9.677%) Network Support Engineer
3 3 (9.677%) Network Support
3 3 (9.677%) Analyst
3 3 (9.677%) Network Consultant
3 3 (9.677%) Consultant
4 2 (6.452%) Support Analyst
4 2 (6.452%) Technical Support
4 2 (6.452%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 2 (6.452%) Pre Sales Engineer
4 2 (6.452%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (3.226%) Technical Support Analyst
5 1 (3.226%) Technical Support Engineer
5 1 (3.226%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (3.226%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (3.226%) Principle Consultant
5 1 (3.226%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.226%) Streaming Video
1 1 (3.226%) Computer Science
1 1 (3.226%) MPEG
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.13%) Windows
1 5 (16.13%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (12.90%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (6.452%) Windows XP
3 2 (6.452%) Windows 7
3 2 (6.452%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (3.226%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (3.226%) Android
4 1 (3.226%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (3.226%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (16.13%) Load Balancing
2 3 (9.677%) ITIL
2 3 (9.677%) Project Management
3 2 (6.452%) Communications Security
3 2 (6.452%) Change Management
4 1 (3.226%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (3.226%) Data Security
4 1 (3.226%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (3.226%) Information Security
4 1 (3.226%) Validation
4 1 (3.226%) Data Analysis
4 1 (3.226%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (3.226%) Problem Management
4 1 (3.226%) Computer Security
4 1 (3.226%) Service Management
4 1 (3.226%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.226%) C
1 1 (3.226%) C++
1 1 (3.226%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (45.16%) CCNP
1 14 (45.16%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (12.90%) CCDP
2 4 (12.90%) Security Cleared
3 3 (9.677%) CCNA
4 2 (6.452%) CCSE
5 1 (3.226%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.226%) Degree
5 1 (3.226%) MCSE
5 1 (3.226%) MCSA
5 1 (3.226%) MCP
5 1 (3.226%) CCIE
5 1 (3.226%) CCSP
5 1 (3.226%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.226%) Check Point Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.677%) SLA
2 1 (3.226%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.226%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (6.452%) Active Directory
1 2 (6.452%) Terminal Server
1 2 (6.452%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (6.452%) XenApp
1 2 (6.452%) XenDesktop
1 2 (6.452%) DFS Replication
1 2 (6.452%) vSphere
1 2 (6.452%) VMware ESX
1 2 (6.452%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (3.226%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (3.226%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 15 (48.39%) Cisco
2 9 (29.03%) Juniper
3 7 (22.58%) CheckPoint
3 7 (22.58%) F5
4 4 (12.90%) Citrix
4 4 (12.90%) VMware
5 3 (9.677%) Blue Coat
5 3 (9.677%) HP
6 2 (6.452%) Fortinet
6 2 (6.452%) Mitel
6 2 (6.452%) Twitter
7 1 (3.226%) Sourcefire
7 1 (3.226%) ProCurve
7 1 (3.226%) Microsoft
Kent
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Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + negotiable
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Posted: 21 May 2013
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1st Choice Jobs
Salary: £0 - £35,000 per year
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Salary: £35,000 per annum circa
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